Match the Bengal to the Crime, NFL Playoffs, Pitt RPI, $50 Million for KFed

NFL:

ESPN gives us an interactive "Match the Bengal to the Crime" game. I have a better idea, which the Bengals could use for their website. It's called "match the ESPN employee to their firing/suspension". You could have Sean Salisbury, Harold Reynolds, Michael Irvin...

A neat look at the amount of ads from for last week's Chiefs/Colts game. Or as I remember it, commercials with a bit of football sprinkled in.

Bill Simmons takes a look at the NFL playoffs, and surprisingly, picks the Patriots to beat the Chargers.

COLLEGE HOOPS:

Pitt ranks 4th in the college basketball RPI, with a strength-of-schedule of 10.

Seth Davis says the Panthers will be 74-67 winners over Georgetown tomorrow. By the way, this is an ESPN GameDay event, so plan your day accordingly.

Penn State WR Jordan Norwood decides he wants to try his hand at hoops as well. If only they had a basketball team.

RANDOM FUN STUFF:

December finals: Wii: 604,200 units sold. Playstation 3: 490,700. Xbox 360: 1.1 million.

Ebay buys StubHub for $310 million. Did they wait for the auction to end, or just use a "buy it now"?

Kevin Federline gives his divorce settlement demands: $50 million dollars. But only if he can play for the L.A. Galaxy.

Here's the trailer for Will Ferrell's new movie Blades of Glory, as well as the trailer for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Power Rankings, Boise Sticks ESPN, Rodman's Midget Basketball Movie, KFed Dumped by Text

The Yankees had a case of extreme bad timing with their "Yankee Santa Claus flying a plane" Christmas ornament released days before the Cory Lidle tragedy. (Thanks to reader A.J. for the link)

While writing stories about Kevin Pittsnogle and Ike Taylor, I neglected to wrapup the Pens game. So I'll leave that duty to the Pensblog today.

Regulars know "bern1" from the Mondesi comments section. And he just started a blog, so you can read more of his musings at Joey Porter's Pit Bulls. Check out his "Deuce vs. Duce" preview of Sunday's matchup.

SI.com says the Pens are the 11th-best NHL team in their new Power Rankings.

Meanwhile, SI.com says the Steelers are the 22nd-best NFL team.

Bill Simmons sorts out the first week in the NBA. He fails to mention the impact of Cavs games airing on FSN Pittsburgh.

The Ike Taylor benching has resulted in the closure of the Facemeike.com store

Boise State sticks it to ESPN, like each of us dream to do every day.

How's this for a movie concept: Dennis Rodman coaching a midget basketball team, with Mini-Me as one of his players?

Chad Johnson quits the Bengals to pursue a solo career.

Stewart Mandel does a good job sticking up for the Big East. Personally, I've grown weary about hearing how the conference is so inferior.

Kevin Federline got dumped...by text message?

Finally, an awesome first look at the Hills Have Eyes 2. Anyone else out there ever see the original or the remake?